Competitive Exams: Psychology MCQs (Practice-Test 44 of 68)

Which subdivision of CNS lacks direct sensory input from the external environment?

Rhombencephalon

Mesencephalon

Diencephalons

Telencephalon

Which one of the following sense-organs does not relay sensory information to the cerebral cortex through some nuclei in the thalamus?

Eye

Nose

Ear

Tongue

Consider the following statements:

Damage to the lateral hypothalamus increases food intake.

The cerebral cortex is the hub for higher mental processes.

The two hemispheres of the brain communicate with each other primarily through the corpus callosum.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only

2 and 3 only

1 and 3 only

1, 2 and 3

What is learning that is not demonstrated until one is motivated to perform the behaviour called?

Learning by insight

Observational learning

Classical learning

Latent learning

Which of the following provide (s) correct description of the term ‘motivated forgetting’

forgetting that is believed to be based on the upsetting or threatening nature of the information that is forgotten.

Forgetting that occurs because the conscious mind often deals with unpleasant information by pushing it into unconsciousness.

Forgetting due to change in the structure of a meaning that makes it inaccurate when retrieved.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

1 only

2 only

3 only

1 and 2 only

What is indicated by the negative acceleration curve of practice effects?

Rate of learning speeds up as amount of learning increases

Rate of learning slow as amount of learning increasing

There is nor relationship between rate and amount of learning

There is an inverted U-curve relationship between rate and amount of learning

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List-I (substance)

List-II (Function)

DNA

Glial Cell

Protein

RNA

Carries hereditary characters

Protein synthesis

Catalyst for bio-chemical reactions

Structural support to neurons

A

B

C

D

1

3

4

2

2

4

3

1

1

4

3

2

2

3

4

1

Which one of the following statements is correct? In recognition

Retroactive and proactive interference are less than that in recall

Retroactive and proactive interference are more than that in recall

Retroactive interference is less but proactive interference is more than that in recall

Retroactive interference is more but proactive interference is less than that in recall

In an experiment, after completing conditioning once, an injection of a drug affecting neurotransmitter substance was given to the subject. Then the subject was conditioned again. In this experiment, what were bio-chemical changes treated as

Dependent variable

Independent variable

Control variable

Intervening variable

What is a mnemonic device in which items to be recalled are associated with landmarks in a familiar place, and recalling is done during a mental walk from one landmark to another called

Method of loci

Acronym

Pegword method

Link method

Match List-I (Language Phenomenon) with List-II (Description) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List-I

List-II

Spoonerism

Pragmatics

Semantic encoding

Dialect

Gaining access to meaning stored in memory

Regional variety of a language

Reversal of initial sounds of two words

Social context of language

A

B

C

D

3

2

1

4

1

4

3

2

3

4

1

2

1

2

3

4

Consider the following statements about the concept formation:

Successive scanning is less efficient but more cognitively manageable.

simultaneous scanning is more efficient but less cognitively manageable.

conservative focusing is efficient and more cognitively manageable.

conservative focusing is always the most successful strategy.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1, 2 and 3 only

2, 3 and 4 only

1 and 4 only

1, 2, 3 and 4

If concrete and abstract term are used as stimulus and response in paired associate learning, what is the order of highest to lowest recall called?